Zekhariah 5
1 Bout kamoung navah, kamleng e cakalawng hah ka hmu.
I looked up again, and I saw a scroll that was flying [through the air].
2 Kalvantami ni nang bangmaw na hmu telah na pacei navah, kamleng e cakalawng ka hmu, asaw e dong 20, akaw e dong hra touh a pha ka ti pouh.
The angel asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a flying scroll that is [huge], (10 yards/9 meters) long and (5 yards/4.5 meters) wide.”
3 Kalvantami ni hai hote cakalawng teh ram pueng koung katin e thoebonae doeh ati. Ka parawt e naw pueng teh cakalawng e avanglah kaawm e patetlah koung raphoe lah ao han. Thoebo ka ngam e pueng teh hote cakalawng avanglah kaawm e patetlah koung raphoe lah ao han.
Then he said to me, “On this scroll is written the [words that Yahweh is speaking to] curse the entire country. On [one side of] the scroll it is written that every thief will be banished. On [the other side] it is written that everyone who tells a lie when he is solemnly promising to tell the truth will also be banished from the country.
4 Ransahu BAWIPA ni a dei e teh, hote cakalawng hah kai ni ka rasa han. Tamru e imthung thoseh, ka min lahoi kahmanhoeh e thoebonae ka sak e imthung dawk thoseh, thingpheknaw, talungnaw, hoi cungtalah, hote imthungnaw dawk a pha han a ti.
The Commander of the armies of angels says, ‘I will send [copies of] this scroll to the places where thieves live and to the houses of those who use my name when they solemnly promise to tell the truth. [The copies of] this scroll will stay in their houses, until those houses and all their wood and stones are destroyed.’”
5 Kai hoi ka pato roi e kalvantami ni bout a tâco teh, atu ka tâcawt e hno hah khenhaw! telah na ti pouh.
Then the angel who had been talking to me came closer to me and said, “Look up and see what is appearing!”
6 Hot hah bang na maw telah kai ni ka pacei navah, hote teh ka tâcawt e takho doeh telah ati. Hottelah, ram pueng dawk, amamae a noenae doeh a ti.
I asked him, “What is it?” He replied, “It is a big basket [for measuring grain]. But it represents the sins that everyone in this nation has committed.”
7 Kawnlawk manang hra touh a tawmtakhang teh, napui buet touh takho dawk a tahung e hah ka hmu.
Then [the angel] lifted the basket’s cover, [which was made] of lead. There was a woman sitting inside the basket!
8 Kalvantami nihaiyah hote napui teh yonnae doeh a titeh ahni hah takho thungvah a ta hnukkhu takho van vah kawnlawk hah a ta.
The angel said, “She represents the wicked things [that people do].” Then the angel pushed her back into the basket and closed the very heavy lid [again].
9 Bout ka khet nah, kahrawngum e âcawmpai e rathei patetlah kaawm e napui kahni touh teh, kahlî dawk a rathei hoi a tâco. Hote ephah hah talai hoi kalvan rahak a tawm awh.
Then I looked up and saw two women in front of me. They [were flying toward us], with their wings spread out in the wind. Their wings were [large], like [SIM] storks’ wings. They lifted the big basket up into the sky.
10 Hote ephah hah bangtelamaw a tawm awh telah kai hoi kâdei roi e kalvantami hah ka pacei.
I asked the angel who had been talking to me, “Where are they taking that basket?”
11 mShinar ram vah im sak pouh hanelah a tawm toe. Hote ram dawk a ma pâhung nahane tungkhung dawk a pâhung awh teh a ta awh han, telah a ti.
He replied, “[They are taking it] to Babylonia to build a temple for it. When the temple is finished, they will set the basket there on a pedestal [for people to worship it].”
